FIM SPEEDWAY: KURTZ LEADS MONSTER ENERGY TRIPLE CROWN RACE AFTER WROCLAW ROUND

The race for the 2026 Monster Energy Triple Crown could not be tighter as Aussie ace Brady Kurtz left the DEWALT FIM Speedway GP of Poland – Wroclaw leading the way on Saturday.
Polish icon Bartosz Zmarzlik topped the podium to claim a record-extending 30th Speedway GP victory, taking the Speedway GP World Championship lead from Kurtz, who finished in fourth place.
But only race points scored in the first five heats count in the battle for the Monster Energy Triple Crown. The competition takes place across the three FIM Speedway GPs of Poland, with Lodz on August 1 and Torun on September 26 next in the mini-series.
Riders’ race points over 60 regular heats across the three rounds will be added together – championship points, sprint races, last-chance qualifiers and finals do not count in the race for the Monster Energy Triple Crown – a competition with echoes of the legendary FIM Speedway World Final era, but with a modern Monster Energy twist with the Speeday GP.
Kurtz tops the standings on 12 points, but he has five riders breathing down his neck, with Zmarzlik, Robert Lambert, Anders Thomsen, Leon Madsen and Andzejs Lebedevs all deadlocked on 11 – after all of them tied on two wins, two seconds and one third place.
Danish star Michael Jepsen Jensen and Jan Kvech are also very much in the race on nine, with Monster Energy athlete Patryk Dudek close behind on eight.
If riders are tied on race points, the rider with the most heat wins across the three Polish rounds will be placed highest.
If they are level on race wins, second places, thirds and then fourths will be taken into consideration if needed, with a fourth place considered better than a disqualification or DNF. If this does not resolve the tie, the rider ranked highest on the heat score chart at the most recent round is placed higher.

MONSTER ENERGY TRIPLE CROWN – AFTER ROUND 1:
1. Brady Kurtz (Australia) 12
2. Bartosz Zmarzlik (Poland) 11
3. Robert Lambert (Great Britain) 11
4. Anders Thomsen (Denmark) 11
5. Leon Madsen (Denmark) 11
6. Andzejs Lebedevs (Latvia) 11
7. Michael Jepsen Jensen (Denmark) 9
8. Jan Kvech (Czech Republic) 9
9. Patryk Dudek (Poland) 8
10. Maciej Janowski (Poland) 6
11. Max Fricke (Australia) 6
12. Kacper Woryna (Poland) 5
13. Nazar Parnitskyi (Ukraine) 3
14. Dominik Kubera (Poland) 3
15. Jason Doyle (Australia) 2
16. Marcel Kowolik (Poland) 2